Registering and recording apparatus.



Patented Ian. 2, I900.

J. DALLIMURE.

REGISTERING AND RECORDING APPARATUS.

[Application filed Oct. 27, 1898.)

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No. 640,276. Patented Ian. 2, I900. J. DALLIMORE.

REGISTERING AND RECORDING APPARATUS.

(Application filed Oct. 27, 1898.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH DALLIMORE, OF LAKE GILLEAR, VICTORIA.

REGISTERING AND RECORDiNG APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 640,276, dated January 2, 1900.

Application filed October 2'7, 1898. Serial No. 694,737. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J OSEPH DALLIMORE, wool-scourer, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and a resident of Lake Gillear,near lVarrnambooLin the British Colony of Victoria, have invented a certain new and useful Registering and Recording Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a name, character, or number and weight or quantity registering apparatus, the main feature in which is a key having an identification mark or character on it, and which key is capable of use in connection with automatic or other liquid measures or meters or with appliances for delivering articles or for delivering determined weights or quantities of anysubstances or goods. Said key may also be combined with any type of registering apparatus the object of which is to keep a record of the quantity of liquid drawn from a reservoir or passing through a measure or meter, as by the key, when the .desired quantity has been drawn, a name,

character, or number, as the case may be, will be registered which will identify the person receiving the supply. Such an apparatus will be found particularly useful in creameries and butter factories or the like. Also the registering apparatus may be employed to register in a similar manner articles drawn from a receptacle, either by numbers or by weight, and the name or number of the person supplied or in connection with any appliance where the identification of the person operating the same is requisite. The key is so devised that it cannot be withdrawn while the lock is open, said key having raised above its surface in the form of a die a name, character, or number or other mark to indicate its owner. In liquid-measuring appliances the key is usually applied to govern a tap or outlet which is connected with a meter or other measuring device to measure the quantity of liquid or take the number of articles passing through the tap or outlet and so arranged as to automatically operate a numbering-machine formed of circular disks with raised figures and worked from said meter by a ratchet or other device and provided with a suitable pad or inking-ribbon. Rollers or reels, on which is wound a quantity of paper of suitable width, are also provided, and such paper in unwinding passes over the numbering-machine and over the number, character, or name on the key when same is inserted. A spring-presser is so arranged as to press the paper on the numberingnnachine and key by the action of closing the tap, lock, or outlet and releasing the paper again when the tap, lock,or outlet is fully closed. Another ratchet is provided which is worked by the act of open ing the tap,lock,oroutlet,and it is so arranged as to draw the paper forward ready for the next impression. Also an indicator, in the form of a dial with pointer, operated from the numbering-machine gears is so arranged as to show to the receiver the quantity of liquid or number of articles being drawn oif, the said pointer falling back to zero each time the key is withdrawn.

A suitable liquid-measuring appliance for my apparatus when used in creameries consists of a two-part tipping cistern, each part being arranged at right angles to the other and carried on an axle which operates the numbering-1nachine and provided with an adjustable balance-weight and stops in order to adjust the cistern to suit the quantity to be delivered. into this device the liquid, such as skim-milk, flows from a tap, and when the desired quantity is in the one part of the cistern under the tap it tips over or falls and in so doing delivers the skinrmilk and brings the other part into a filling position, and thus each part of the cistern delivers automatically a measured quantity of milk.

The invention will now be described, aided by a reference to the attached drawings, which show the invention applied to a liquidmeasure of the tilting-pan type.

Figure 1 is a front view of the mechanism with the front of cistern and top casing re moved and with the lower part of bracket and tilting pan broken away to exhibit a sectional view of the latter; Fig. 2, a top plan of the mechanism contained in top casing, the cover of which is removed; and Fig. 8, a sectional end elevation with the end part of top casing and lower cistern removed; Fig. 4, an end View of the numbering mechanism. Figs. 5, 6, 7, 8, and S are details showing the operating-key and the lock-barrel, and Fig. 9 shows part of the paper ribbon with the record printed thereon.

A is a top box or casing in which the lock device, the dial, and the recording or registering mechanism are assembled, and said casing has a hinge-cover A, which is capable of being locked or made secure and designed to be opened only by an authorized person.

Ahole ct is provided in front of easing A,-

through which to pass the operating-key A and also a circular opening is provided in casing at front of the dial or indicator G Said operating-key A is shown with wards a at its end part to fit a suitable lock, the shank of key being designed to lie in a slot in a circular carrier A arranged in a barrel F, having an opening f at its top, through which the letter or character a on the edge of key protrudes when the key is in the position shown in Fig. 6, and which is its position when the supply is being drawn from the apparatus. The lower part of the casing takes the form of a cistern 13, having an outlet B to carry off the liquid delivered from the twopart tilting pan 13 which is supported on a spindle B working in hearings in brackets B suspended from bottom of easing A.

B is an adjustingweight at side of pan B 0 is a hand-lever for operating a plug-tap 0, arranged in supply-pipe C the front end of which is furnished with a screw-cap G which may be readily removed for cleaning or other purposes, while 0 is an outlet branch from pipe 0 delivering to one or other of the compartments of the tilting pan D is an elongated crank-pin projecting from the smaller end of plug-tap C, said pin being attached by a rod D to a short arm D carrying a pawl D which engages ratchetwheel D on spindle d of reel D which bears the ink-ribbon D, the latter stretching to a similar reel, also marked D Said ribbon lies above the key A and numbering device H and under the spring-pressure piece I.

E are small friction-rollers, the upper one centered on a bell-crank E, to the free end of which a coiled spring E is secured, the other end of spring being attached to a rigid arm or bracket E lhe lower roller E is rotated by a small pinion E gearing with a spurwheel E on spindle d, while said lower roller E has a small sheave e at its side, which communicates motion by aid of belt 6 to the reel E so that the paper ribbon a is wound onto said reel E off a larger reel E part only of the latter being shown and which is carried in bearings at top end of a bracket E.

F is the before-described barrel-locket any suitable type, having at its back part a partially-rotatable disk E, which has a spiral groove or race F in it, the object of which is to actuate or slide a bolt F through the medium of a swing-arm F, centered at Said bolt 13 passes,when the supply-plug is closed, to a gap in a quadrant or semicircular wheel Ffiattached to plug O,so that when the barrellock is turned or operated by the key A said bolt is either shot into the said gap or withdrawn from it. Also when the plug-valve is open the bolt cannot be shot forward, as its end abuts on the side of quadrant F and hence the key-barrel A cannot be turned in order to remove the key A A rod G, eccentrically attached to movable disk F, is connected by a joint :0 to an arm G which is secured at end of a lever G which in turn is capable of so placing a small worm-pinion G as that the motion imparted to it from a worm G will be transmitted to the spindle g of the liquid-registering dial G and which spindle has a weighted finger g attached to it to bring the pointer, when the worm-pinion is freed, back to zero. Said worm is secured on ashaft H, carried in suitable bearings, and said shaft H also carries the 11umber-registering device H, the shaft being worked by an arm H", connected by rod H with a small crank-arm H keyed on the tilting-pan shaft B The numbering device H has a disk with numbers for each denomination of figures, the units-disk being fixed to shaft H, while the tens and hundred disks are loose on shaft H, and each has a ratchet h fixed to its side, said ratchet being worked by a pawl and lever 7L, which is loose on shaft H, while a retaining-pawl 7L2 holds it at the position in which it is set, said pawl being acted on by spring ha.

I is a pressure-piece carried at end of an arm I, which is centered on shaft 1 said arm I being acted on and connected to the shaft by a coiled spring 1', which gives a downward pressure to the arm, while a leaf-spring 1 acts upwardly on arm I.

I is a finger projecting from shaft I and designed to contact with a tooth I on quadrant F when the supply-plug C is closed and in order to cause the spring-pressure piece I to strike the ribbon above the numbering de vice and key in order to print the record upon the paper.

To operate the apparatus, the key A is placed in the groove of piece A of the barrellock F and turned one-half revolution or from the position shown in Fig. 5 to that shown in Fig. 6, and in so doing the disk F, with eccentric groove, is turned and the bolt F is withdrawn from wheel F Also the character a on key is uppermost and in position to be printed from. The tap O or other outlet is now opened and the liquid or the articles will run or pass to the meter or device B which will measure the quantity and also operate the numbering-machine and continue operating same until the tap O or supply is closed or exhausted. The act of closing the tap or outlet and before the key has been or can be withdrawn causes the arm I to be oscillated by the tooth I in order to press the piece 1 upon the paper lying over the num bering-machine and the number, character, or name on key, with the result that at whatever number the machine stopped, together with number, character, or name on key, will be imprinted 011 the paper and a record so obtained. Also the action of opening tap or outlet C operates the gears marked D to D and E to E and so moves the paper on ready for the neXt impression. The quantity drawn oil? and the number, name, or character will be found recorded by examining the paper.

Then the last receivers quantity will be determined by substracting the previous quantity from that last drawn and the receiver will be identified by the imprint of number, character, or name on key, as shown in Fig. 9. The whole apparatus will be covered in and locked and can only be examined by an authorized person.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a registering apparatus, in combination, a key A having a projecting character a on its edge, a slotted carrier A for said key having rotary movement, a barrel F to receive said carrier, having an opening f on its upper surface to receive the tape or material which is to be printed upon and means for directing the tape through the said opening, said key having wards at its back end to engage a lock and incapable of being withdrawn while the character is exposed through said opening f, substantially as described.

2. In combination, in a registering appara tus, a supply-cock, a rotatable key-lock comprising a disk, a bolt engaging a part of the cock and the connection between the disk and the bolt to operate the same when the lock is turned through the operation of the key, sub stantially as described.

3. Incombinationinaregistering machine, a lock adapted to be turned by a key and comprising a disk F having a spiral groove, a bolt F, a lever F operated by the spiral groove and connected with the bolt, a cock and the notched disk F thereon to be controlled by the bolt, substantially as described.

4. In combination in a registering apparatus, a measuring device, a cock controlling the supply thereto, a lock controlled by a key, connections between the cock and lock, registering means, means fordirecting an inkingribbon past the same, means for directing a paper tape past the registering means, a pressure-piece I and a key for operating the lock having a character thereon to make an impression on the paper tape, said key being held against withdrawal while the character is in position to be printed, substantially as described.

5. In combination, a cook, a measuring device to receive its supply through said cook, a lock with connections to the cock to control the same and a key having a projecting char acter, means for making an impression from said character and means for holding the key from withdrawal while the key is in position to print its character, substantially as described.

6. In combination, a supply-cock, a bolt controlling the same, a key for operating the belt, a registering device, means for directing an inking-ribbon and a paper tape past the same to receive the impression, a spring presser to make the impression, an indicator and means for operating said indicator when the supply-cock is open, substantially as described.

7. In combination in a registering apparatus, a key A having a character thereon, a slotted rotary carrier A for the key, a barrel F in which the carrier turns, a supply cock, a lock-quadrant F on the supply-cock, a bolt controlled by the key engaging said quadrant, a measuring device, registering" means connected therewith and an indicator, substantially as described.

8. In combination, the supply-cock, a lock controlling the same, a measuring device op erating while the cock. is open, a registering mechanism operated by the measuring device, and printing mechanism controlled by the movement of the cock, substantially as described.

9. In combination, a supply-cock, a lock controlling the same having means for retaining the keyin place while the cock is open, a registering and printing mechanism con trolled by the turning of the cock and indicator mechanism, substantially as described.

10. In combination, a supply-cock, a lock controlling the same having means for retaining the key in place while the cock is open, a registering and printing mechanism controlled by the turning of the cock and indicator mechanism controlled by the position of the lock and operated from the movement of the measuring device, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH DALLIMORE.

"Witnesses:

BEnLINcToN BoDYcoMB, W. J. S. THOMPSON. 

